At The Crossroads 2: Contemporary Art from Istanbul to Kabul

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Lot 21
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Sergey Maslov

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Description

  • Sergey Maslov
  • Still Life on the Origin of the World
  • signed, titled, and dated 2001 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 79.7 by 59.8cm.; 31 3/8 by 23 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Bishkek, National Museum of Fine Art, Maslov & K, 2004 

Literature

Irina Yuferova, Ed., Maslov Was Here, Almaty 2004, p. 181, illustrated in colour 

Catalogue Note

"IT IS NECESSARY TO:

1- Destroy daily schedule

2- Take responsibility for your actions

3- Delete personal history

4- Become unattainable

5- Abandon the ego

6- Consult death

7- Destroy life's clichés

LEARN HOW TO:

1- Control your dreams

2- Halt internal dialogue

3- Recognise your glow"

From the artist's notebooks, 1990s, in Irina Yuferova (Ed.), Maslov Was Here, 2004, p. 12